Australia repatriates 17 citizens from Syrian camps

SYDNEY, Australia: Four women and 13 children were repatriated to Australia on Saturday after languishing for years in squalid Syrian detention camps after the downfall of the Islamic State (IS).

It was the first in a series of planned missions to bring back about 20 Australian women and 40 children — the wives, sons and daughters of vanquished IS fighters — from the notorious Al-Hol and Roj camps.